Butternut Squash-Apple Cake w/ Ginger Streusel

October 24, 2009.   Categories Cakes, Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Contributing Chefs, Desserts, Fall, Seasonal Vegetables, Vegetarian.

Butternut Squash-Apple Cake w/ Ginger Streusel

Butternut Squash–Apple Cake with Ginger Streusel Recipe and photo reprinted with permission by Viviane Banquet Farre www.foodandstyle.wordpress.com This is really a remarkable recipe.  .  . exceptional ingredients and inventive concept.  If you haven’t used turbinado sugar in place of regular brown sugar – please try it.  Most “brown” sugar is really just a form of processed white sugar…...

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Quaker’s Charitable Challenge – Please Vote and Help Me Win $10,000 for Food For The Poor!!

October 23, 2009.   Categories Breakfast / Brunch, From www.goodbite.com.

Quaker’s Charitable Challenge – Please Vote and Help Me Win $10,000 for Food For The Poor!!

My Video is Up! . . . Please Vote, Vote and Vote Again! www.youtube.com/quakertalk The wonderful recipe and collaborative blogging website www.goodbite.com has teamed up with Quaker Oats to create a fun and inventive new contest that will not only show you creative ways to spice up your oatmeal – but also donate a whopping $10,000 to a wonderful charity.  Twelve of the nation’s top bloggers have been selected to share...

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Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing

October 21, 2009.   Categories Cakes, Chef Zoe Francois, Contributing Chefs, Desserts.

Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing

Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing  www.zoebakes.com Halloween is around the corner and I was looking for fun dessert recipes.  I started and stopped my search with one click to my baking and blogging hero, Zoe Francois of www.zoebakes.com.   Check out this beautiful and adorable marble cake with spiders!  Well, I think it’s cute because I have a young son...

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Praline Pumpkin Pie

October 21, 2009.   Categories Christmas, Desserts, Pies and Tarts, Thanksgiving Dinner.

Praline Pumpkin Pie

Praline Pumpkin Pie  Recipe and photos with permission by: Deeba Rajpal (Twitter @vindee) of http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/ I was on Twitter yesterday and saw another blogging friend post a link to this recipe and one simple line . . . “be still my heart.”  And when I saw this recipe I thought…. wow, be still MY heart! The Twitter blogging community is so full of talented chefs, home cooks, photographers...

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Lime and Ginger Grilled Prawns with Cilantro-Garlic Butter

October 21, 2009.   Categories Light / Healthy, Restaurant Recipes, Seafood.

Lime and Ginger Grilled Prawns with Cilantro-Garlic Butter

Lime and Ginger Grilled Prawns with Cilantro-Garlic Butter Recipe and photos by The Albion River InnMendocino Coast, California www.albionriverinn.com This is my favorite dinner entree at The Albion River Inn on the Mendocino coast.  It is almost impossible not to order this every time I am there for dinner.  They usually serve it over a bed of Jasmine rice.  It’s simple, yet packed with flavor! ...

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Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup

October 21, 2009.   Categories Comfort Food, Fabulous Side Dishes, Restaurant Recipes, Soups, Thanksgiving Dinner.

Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup

Creamy Wild Mushroom SoupRecipe and photos by The Albion River InnMendocino Coast, California www.albionriverinn.com That is the view from my favorite table at the Albion River Inn on the spectacular coast of Mendocino.  Need I say more?  I‘ll give you a moment to enjoy the view . . . Whenever I return home to Mendocino, I have some rituals that I simply must do.  .  . Must drink Navarro and Golden Eye wines. ...

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